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ElFenix

Elite Member
Super Moderator
Mar 20, 2000
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Top Countries
Country FPM
GERMANY 5.17
FRANCE 2.81
UNITED STATES 2.23
BELGIUM 0.29
CANADA 0.23

Top Regions
Area Name FPM
ALSACE , FRANCE 90.19
OREGON , UNITED STATES 21.43
OHIO , UNITED STATES 13.7
BAYERN , GERMANY 13.01
SAARLAND , GERMANY 7.78

Top Cities
City
STRASBOURG , ALSACE , FRANCE
LA WALCK , ALSACE , FRANCE
SULZ , BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG , GERMANY
RANGENDINGEN , BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG , GERMANY
MÜNCHEN , BAYERN , GERMANY
 

JimmiG

Platinum Member
Feb 24, 2005
2,024
112
106
Top Countries
Country FPM
GERMANY 114.43
AUSTRIA 107.14
SLOVENIA 11.6
DENMARK 11.38
UNITED STATES 7.24

Top Regions
Area Name FPM
SAARLAND , GERMANY 619.8
RHEINLAND-PFALZ , GERMANY 338.62
HESSEN , GERMANY 279.32
HERMAGOR , AUSTRIA 206.21
BADEN , AUSTRIA 175.64

Top Cities
City
PÜTTLINGEN , SAARLAND , GERMANY
STUTTGART , BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG , GERMANY
MÜNCHEN , BAYERN , GERMANY
WIEN , WIEN , AUSTRIA
BITBURG , RHEINLAND-PFALZ , GERMANY
 

olds

Elite Member
Mar 3, 2000
50,124
778
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Australia 12254.2
united kingdom 12176.54
new-zealand 9009.07
united states 9000.49
ireland 4559.88
 

Platypus

Lifer
Apr 26, 2001
31,046
321
136
Top Countries
Country
ARGENTINA 3384.29
SPAIN 2825.22
UNITED STATES 68.75
SWITZERLAND 52.39
FRANCE 34.07
CANADA 24.3
AUSTRALIA 23.43
BELGIUM 16.77
NORWAY 11.03
LUXEMBOURG 8.5

Top Regions
Area Name
ASTURIAS , SPAIN 26283.5
ISLAS CANARIAS , SPAIN 14614.63
GALICIA , SPAIN 6071.99
GRAN CHACO , ARGENTINA 5835.52
CUYO , ARGENTINA 3841.66
ARGENTINE NORTHWEST , ARGENTINA 3595.03
THE PAMPAS , ARGENTINA 3288.91
MESOPOTAMIA , ARGENTINA 2565.8
CASTILLA Y LEÓN , SPAIN 2328.34
EXTREMADURA , SPAIN 2288.31

Top Cities
City
BARCELONA , CATALUÑA , SPAIN
LAS PALMAS , ISLAS CANARIAS , SPAIN
MADRID , MADRID , SPAIN
GIJON , ASTURIAS , SPAIN
OVIEDO , ASTURIAS , SPAIN
 

sdifox

No Lifer
Sep 30, 2005
100,292
17,904
126
Uhm... no? :ninja:

When I was in Buenos Aires, my English tutor was telling me about the neo-nazi neighbours she had in the cottage area. They had full regalia, uniform, music everything going and no one bothered them.
 

acheron

Diamond Member
May 27, 2008
3,171
2
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Top Countries
Country FPM
GERMANY 43.81
DENMARK 5.04
UNITED STATES 3.94
NEW-ZEALAND 3.17
CANADA 1.6

Top Regions
Area Name FPM
THÜRINGEN , GERMANY 83.19
MECKLENBURG-VORPOMMERN , GERMANY 78.96
NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN , GERMANY 65.11
WAIPA DISTRICT , NEW-ZEALAND 63.38
RHEINLAND-PFALZ , GERMANY 62.38

Top Cities
City
GAU-ALGESHEIM , RHEINLAND-PFALZ , GERMANY
KLINGENBERG , BAYERN , GERMANY
WUPPERTAL , NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN , GERMANY
MAINZ , RHEINLAND-PFALZ , GERMANY
KOBLENZ , RHEINLAND-PFALZ , GERMANY

This is not surprising at all, other than the one random New Zealand region.
 

darkxshade

Lifer
Mar 31, 2001
13,749
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Doesn't look very accurate... considering a lot of countries don't pop up on the lists... like China who have nearly a sixth(?) of the world population.
 

KeithP

Diamond Member
Jun 15, 2000
5,664
202
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Top Countries
Country FPM
NETHERLANDS 2.78
UNITED STATES 2.22
BELGIUM 0.57
FRANCE 0.35
CANADA 0.23
SPAIN 0.10
UNITED KINGDON 0.09
GERMANY 0.04

Top Regions
Area Name FPM
SOUTH DAKOTA , UNITED STATES 268.31
GELDERLAND , NETHERLANDS 17.82
MINNESOTA , UNITED STATES 7.2
WISCONSIN , UNITED STATES 6.8
NEBRASKA , UNITED STATES 6.74
CONNECTICUT , UNITED STATES 6.58
WASHINGTON , UNITED STATES 6.11
IOWA , UNITED STATES 5.73
ALASKA , UNITED STATES 4.52
ISLAS BALEARES , SPAIN 4.45

-KeithP
 

xanis

Lifer
Sep 11, 2005
17,571
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Top Countries
POLAND 1.75
AUSTRIA 0.79
FRANCE 0.59
GERMANY 0.56
UNITED STATES 0.54

Top Regions
MAZOWIECKIE , POLAND 5.78
BOURGOGNE , FRANCE 5.19
KØBENHAVN , DENMARK 4.43
MASSACHUSETTS , UNITED STATES 4.39
LODZKIE , POLAND 4.32

Top Cities
WARSZAWA , MAZOWIECKIE , POLAND
KRAKÓW , LODZKIE , POLAND
GUEUGNON , BOURGOGNE , FRANCE
CASTROP-RAUXEL , NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN , GERMANY
DORTMUND , NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN , GERMANY
 

LordMorpheus

Diamond Member
Aug 14, 2002
6,871
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Top Regions
Area Name FPM
TEXAS , UNITED STATES 13.11
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA , UNITED STATES 5.23
WASHINGTON , UNITED STATES 1.22
MISSOURI , UNITED STATES 0.58
GEORGIA , UNITED STATES 0.48

Pretty sure all the ones in Texas are related to me somehow, too.
 

Kirby

Lifer
Apr 10, 2006
12,028
2
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:hmm:

Top Countries
Country FPM
UNITED KINGDOM 2594.17
AUSTRALIA 2315.19
NEW-ZEALAND 1521.91
UNITED STATES 1469.23
CANADA 612.25

Top Regions
Area Name FPM
WAITOMO DISTRICT , NEW-ZEALAND 13119.53
KAIKOURA DISTRICT , NEW-ZEALAND 12596.22
OTOROHANGA DISTRICT , NEW-ZEALAND 9419.15
GISBORNE DISTRICT , NEW-ZEALAND 9072.87
WESTLAND DISTRICT , NEW-ZEALAND 8582.33

Top Cities
City
BIRMINGHAM , WEST MIDLANDS , UNITED KINGDOM
SHEFFIELD , YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE , UNITED KINGDOM
NOTTINGHAM , EAST MIDLANDS , UNITED KINGDOM
BRISTOL , SOUTH WEST , UNITED KINGDOM
LEEDS , YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE , UNITED KINGDOM

Top Forenames
Forename
JOHN
MICHAEL
RICHARD
WILLIAM
CHRISTOPHER
 

Herr Kutz

Platinum Member
Jun 14, 2009
2,545
242
106
My last name:

Top Countries
Country FPM
GERMANY 18.88
DENMARK 5.37
SWEDEN 3.79
UNITED STATES 2.68
SWITZERLAND 2.56
CANADA 2.52
AUSTRIA 2.38
NEW-ZEALAND 1.76
NETHERLANDS 1.28
UNITED KINGDOM 0.83

Top Regions
Area Name FPM
PAPAKURA DISTRICT , NEW-ZEALAND 134.37
WAIKATO DISTRICT , NEW-ZEALAND 62.39
SACHSEN-ANHALT , GERMANY 52.64
MALMÖHUS LÄN , SWEDEN 40.75
BERLIN , GERMANY 38.77
MECKLENBURG-VORPOMMERN , GERMANY 32.01
NORTH SHORE CITY , NEW-ZEALAND 26.2
BRANDENBURG , GERMANY 24.83
HESSEN , GERMANY 23.93
NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN , GERMANY 23.09

Top Cities
City
BERLIN , BERLIN , GERMANY
STUTTGART , BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG , GERMANY
DORTMUND , NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN , GERMANY
DÜSSELDORF , NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN , GERMANY
OFFENBURG , BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG , GERMANY
MÜNCHEN , BAYERN , GERMANY
HAMBURG , HAMBURG , GERMANY
KORBACH , HESSEN , GERMANY
HALLE , SACHSEN-ANHALT , GERMANY

BALINGEN , BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG , GERMANY
Top Forenames
Forename
THOMAS
PETER
MICHAEL
WERNER
ROBERT
GUENTER
HEINZ
WOLFGANG
MANFRED
DIETER

German spelling of my last name before it was changed to an English spelling when my ancestors immigrated to the U.S. in the 1800s

Top Countries
Country FPM
GERMANY 23.32
AUSTRIA 5.56
SWITZERLAND 4.47
UNITED STATES 1.61
BELGIUM 0.57
FRANCE 0.05
UNITED KINGDOM 0.02




Top Regions
Area Name FPM
SACHSEN , GERMANY 191.06
THÜRINGEN , GERMANY 61.01
BREMEN , GERMANY 42.94
SACHSEN-ANHALT , GERMANY 38.22
BERLIN , GERMANY 35.42
MECKLENBURG-VORPOMMERN , GERMANY 25.61
BRANDENBURG , GERMANY 25.52
HERMAGOR , AUSTRIA 23.91
WISCONSIN , UNITED STATES 20.96
NIEDERSACHSEN , GERMANY 19.19

Top Cities
City
DRESDEN , SACHSEN , GERMANY
CHEMNITZ , SACHSEN , GERMANY
BERLIN , BERLIN , GERMANY
LEIPZIG , SACHSEN , GERMANY
STUTTGART , BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG , GERMANY
BURGSTÄDT , SACHSEN , GERMANY
WALDHEIM , SACHSEN , GERMANY
STRATFORD , WISCONSIN , UNITED STATES
MÜNCHEN , BAYERN , GERMANY
KIEL , SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN , GERMANY

Top Forenames
Forename
FRANK
WERNER
JUERGEN
PETER
ROLF
WOLFGANG
MANFRED
HELGA
GUENTER
THOMAS


Grandfather's last name (on my mother's side):

Top Countries
Country FPM
AUSTRIA 1246.03
SWITZERLAND 838.24
GERMANY 627.44
UNITED STATES 175.28
NETHERLANDS 106.91
FRANCE 87.82
CANADA 75.87
HUNGARY 67.21
AUSTRALIA 39.48
DENMARK 35.12

Top Regions
Area Name FPM
ZENTRALSCHWEIZ , SWITZERLAND 2291.18
GRAZ , AUSTRIA 2142.82
LANDECK , AUSTRIA 1575.3
SALZBURG , AUSTRIA 1345.5
BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG , GERMANY 1340.91
BADEN , AUSTRIA 1304.13
EFERDING , AUSTRIA 1284.46
OSTSCHWEIZ , SWITZERLAND 1150.69
NORDWESTSCHWEIZ , SWITZERLAND 1104.29
GUSSING , AUSTRIA 1102.26

Top Cities
City
MÜNCHEN , BAYERN , GERMANY
STUTTGART , BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG , GERMANY
NÜRNBERG , BAYERN , GERMANY
WIEN , WIEN , AUSTRIA
MANNHEIM , BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG , GERMANY
KARLSRUHE , BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG , GERMANY
VILLINGEN-SCHWENNINGE , BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG , GERMANY
KÖLN , NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN , GERMANY
AALEN , BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG , GERMANY
BERLIN , BERLIN , GERMANY

Top Forenames
Forename
ROBERT
MICHAEL
JOSEF
PETER
WERNER
RICHARD
KARL
JOHN
WALTER
THOMAS

Grandmother's last name (on mother's side):

Top Countries
Country FPM
FRANCE 109.22
BELGIUM 38.12
NETHERLANDS 17.87
UNITED STATES 6.63
SWITZERLAND 5.11
SPAIN 0.84
DENMARK 0.65
ARGENTINA 0.64
GERMANY 0.39
ITALY 0.13

Top Regions
Area Name FPM
CHAMPAGNE-ARDENNE , FRANCE 301.17
LOUISIANA , UNITED STATES 300.97
CENTRE , FRANCE 252.39
POITOU-CHARENTES , FRANCE 221.34
BOURGOGNE , FRANCE 200.59
LORRAINE , FRANCE 169.46
PROVENCE-ALPES-CÔTE D'AZ , FRANCE 158.67
PICARDIE , FRANCE 125.28
HAUTE-NORMANDIE , FRANCE 118.77
PAYS-DE-LA-LOIRE , FRANCE 116.92

Top Cities
City
LAFAYETTE , LOUISIANA , UNITED STATES
PARIS , ÎLE-DE-FRANCE , FRANCE
ABBEVILLE , LOUISIANA , UNITED STATES
REIMS , CHAMPAGNE-ARDENNE , FRANCE
NICE , PROVENCE-ALPES-CÔTE D'AZ , FRANCE
BEAURAING , WALLONIE , BELGIUM
MARSEILLE , PROVENCE-ALPES-CÔTE D'AZ , FRANCE
MARRERO , LOUISIANA , UNITED STATES
EPINAL , LORRAINE , FRANCE
SOMME-LEUZE , WALLONIE , BELGIUM

Top Forenames
Forename
MICHEL
JACQUES
JEAN
BERNARD
ANDRE
PIERRE
CLAUDE
PATRICK
ROBERT
JEAN CLAUDE
 
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silverpig

Lifer
Jul 29, 2001
27,703
12
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Country FPM
NETHERLANDS 143.9
GERMANY 44.9
LUXEMBOURG 8.5
UNITED STATES 8.43
BELGIUM 6.59
CANADA 2.75
NORWAY 2.26
NEW-ZEALAND 1.76
SPAIN 0.73
SWITZERLAND 0.64
 

SKORPI0

Lifer
Jan 18, 2000
18,482
2,418
136
Father's side - my last name

Top Countries
Country FPM
SPAIN 1.36
CANADA 0.23
UNITED STATES 0.16
GERMANY

Top Regions
Area Name FPM
CATALUÑA , SPAIN 6.03
HAWAII , UNITED STATES 3.64
MANITOBA , CANADA 2.93
MARYLAND , UNITED STATES 2.78
SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN , GERMANY 0.99
CALIFORNIA , UNITED STATES 0.52
NEW YORK , UNITED STATES 0.45
NIEDERSACHSEN , GERMANY 0.35
FLORIDA , UNITED STATES 0.22

Top Cities
City
AMPOSTA , CATALUÑA , SPAIN
BARCELONA , CATALUÑA , SPAIN
TORTOSA , CATALUÑA , SPAIN
L'AMPOLLA , CATALUÑA , SPAIN
S. CARLES RAPITA , CATALUÑA , SPAIN
ALDOVER , CATALUÑA , SPAIN
BOLLINGSTEDT , SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN , GERMANY
COLUMBIA , MARYLAND , UNITED STATES
VISALIA , CALIFORNIA , UNITED STATES
WINNIPEG , MANITOBA , CANADA


Mother's Side - my middle name

Top Countries
Country FPM
FRANCE 5.92
UNITED STATES 0.4
CANADA 0.23

Top Regions
Area Name FPM
BRETAGNE , FRANCE 63.44
POITOU-CHARENTES , FRANCE 11.15
WASHINGTON , UNITED STATES 7.33
CENTRE , FRANCE 7.01
PAYS-DE-LA-LOIRE , FRANCE 6.36
PICARDIE , FRANCE 3.8
ÎLE-DE-FRANCE , FRANCE 3.27
AQUITAINE , FRANCE 2.78
LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON , FRANCE 2.35
AUVERGNE , FRANCE 2.32

Top Cities
City
VANNES , BRETAGNE , FRANCE
SEATTLE , WASHINGTON , UNITED STATES
BRANDIVY , BRETAGNE , FRANCE
PARIS , ÎLE-DE-FRANCE , FRANCE
GRAND CHAMP , BRETAGNE , FRANCE
PESSAC , AQUITAINE , FRANCE
MONTERBLANC , BRETAGNE , FRANCE
RENNES , BRETAGNE , FRANCE
BISCHHEIM , ALSACE , FRANCE
PLUVIGNER , BRETAGNE , FRANCE
 

middlehead

Diamond Member
Jul 11, 2004
4,573
2
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My name only shows up in central Canada and expected spots around the US. Not sure exactly what the original German spelling was, though.
 

nanette1985

Diamond Member
Oct 12, 2005
4,209
2
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Thanks - fascinating tool. It did pretty well with my unusual maiden name - pretty much the same addresses on my Xmas mailing list.

However, my ex-husband's family & family name are russian. He has lots of distant relatives scattered around russia. But the query showed nobody with that name in russia - possibly because russia uses a different alphabet?
 

Analog

Lifer
Jan 7, 2002
12,755
3
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Thanks - fascinating tool. It did pretty well with my unusual maiden name - pretty much the same addresses on my Xmas mailing list.

However, my ex-husband's family & family name are russian. He has lots of distant relatives scattered around russia. But the query showed nobody with that name in russia - possibly because russia uses a different alphabet?

a lot will depend on spelling.
 

sash1

Diamond Member
Jul 20, 2001
8,896
1
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OMG! I BET I GET INDIA! I WONDER IF I'LL GET INDIA! I THINK I'LL GET INDIA!

Top Countries
Country FPM
INDIA - 34.44
UNITED KINGDOM - 1.1
CANADA - 0.92
UNITED STATES - 0.58
BELGIUM - 0.57

Top Regions
Area Name FPM
DEHLI , INDIA - 55.29
MAHARASTRA , INDIA - 28.32
BRUSSELS , BELGIUM - 6.09
BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA - 5.09
LANDECK , AUSTRIA - 4.49

Top Cities
City
DEHLI , DEHLI , INDIA
MUMBAI , MAHARASTRA , INDIA
YORK , YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE , UNITED KINGDOM
ABERDEEN , SCOTLAND , UNITED KINGDOM
NORTHOLT , SOUTH EAST , UNITED KINGDOM